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A. F. SALTALANACHIA. TABLE.

APPLICATION HLED sEPT.10,1919.

1,398,49, Patented Nov. 29, 1921..

UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHNY F. SALTALAMCHIA, 0F HUNTINGTON PABX, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

Application led September 10, 1919. Serial No. 822,936.

The object of my inventionis to provide a table which will be simple, light and durable in construction, and whichwill be both.

extensible and foldable, which may be conveniently set up in an automobile to be used by its occupants for any desired purpose, and which may be readily folded up and stored away in a minimum space, when not in use.

A further object of my invention is to provide a table which will be light and may be folded in a minimum space for transportation, and may be conveniently set up against a fence or tree to be used in the serving ot' lunches or for other purposes.

Other objects will be disclosed in the following description, will be pointed out in the claims, and embodied in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my invention as it would appear when in usa supported by the robe raily or rack secure to the back of the front seat of an automobile, parts being broken away and shown in section, to more clearly bring out the details of construction.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through my table, showing it in a folded position.

Fig. e is an enlarged section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken on the line 5--5 of Fig. 2.

ln carrying out my invention I employ a pair of standards -10 and 11, preferably formed of strap metal, each standard havin a disk 12, formed at its upper end provide with a centrally disposed bore 13 and a plu; rality of radially disposed serrations 14, designed to act as clutch teeth. To standards 10 and 11 are hinged respectively the arms 15 and 16 also preferably formed of strap metal, which are each twisted at right angles as at 17, and have formed on one of each of their respective ends the disks 18, whlch are provided with the centrally disposed threaded apertures 19, and the radially disposed serrations or clutch. teeth 20 adapted to engage with serrations 14 on vstandards 10 and 11 to hold arms `15 and 16 in adjusted angular relation with said standards. Y

In order to hold members 10 and 15 and 11 and 16 in adjusted relation and to form a hinge between the same, 1 provide the bolts 22 provided with the winged heads 23,

'which pass through apertures 13 in the standards 10 and l1 respectively, and are threaded into the respective apertures 19 in arms 15 and 16.

Each of the arms 15 and 16 are rovided with slots 25 and stretched across t e space formed between said arms, and resting thereon, is a suitable board 26, which serves as the table. Passing through apertures in opposite ends of board 26 are the carriage bolts 27, which pass through the slots 25, and` have threaded on their free ends the butterfly nuts 28. B this arran ement it will be seen that the card or tab e 26 may be clamped firmly to the arms 15 and 16 by means of the butterfly nuts 28, and when desirable the board may be adjusted rear wardly on said 'arms by simply loosening the nuts 28, and sliding said board to the desired position and then tightening up on the nuts again. By the foregoing construction it is obvious that the board or table 26 may be adjusted toa level position and clamped in such position by means of the wing bolts 23, and the clutch members 14: and 20. lt is also obvious that by loosening the wing bolts 23, the table 26 ma be moved into parallel relation with stan ards 10 and 11 resting in between the same, as clearly s own in Fig. 3 of the drawings. When the device is 1n this position it will readily be seen that it may be packed or stored away in a minimum amount of space, or it may be laced back into the robe rack, where it wil rest snugly against the back of the front seat.

Although 1 have described my table as being particularly adapted to be used in connection with the robe rack of an automobile, it is obvious that other means may be employed of securing standardsv 10 and 11 to the back of the front seat, or that standards in any suitable manner, whereby the table may be used for any desired purpose.

What I claim is: n 1. In combination with the back of a motor vehicle seat having a robe rail adjacent the top edge thereof, of a pair of standards each provided with an arm hinged t0 its upwardly extending end, Said standards being maintained in position by the vehicle robe rail, a table supported on said arms, and means for locking said arms at various angles to said standards.

2. A portable table construction, comprising in combination with a Vehicle seat back provided with a robe rail, of a pair of stand- 15 ards detachably supported in position by said robe rail and seat back a pair of arms secured to the upper ends of said standards, means to adjust said arms at various angles, and atable top adjustably mounted on said 20 arms.

' In Witness that I claim the foregoin I have hereunto subscribed my name this 2 th day of'August, 1919.

ANTHONY F. SLTALAMACHIA. 

